Ok.... we have this HUGE!! spider in our front yard. I was waiting for Gage's bus one morning and I saw it. The kids are fascinated by it. It is very fat and ugly. The body itself is bigger than a quarter.

Nate went out and caught it in a big jar and I ran it around to the kid's classroom so they could all show it to the classmates.

When Gage got home from school, we let it go at the base of the tree. Gage wanted to keep it but I explained it would die because it was not going to let it in the house and the garage was too hot. After it was on the ground, Gage had this overwhelming urge to step on it. I explained it was so big it would cover his shoe with guts!!! I had to hold him back until the spider got to the tree and then Gage didn't seem so brave.